Category: Orbiter - Miscellaneous Files
Uranus / Neptune Moons Addon

File Description:
Uranus & Neptune major moons are in Orbiter now! Uranus' Moons - Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon. Neptune's Moons - Triton, Proteus, Nereid.

Filename:	uranus-neptune-moons.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	12th October 2002, 12:33:34
Downloads:	2,717
Author:	Robert Stettner (Foxtrot)
Size:	1.35 MB

Category: Orbiter - Spaceships
Y-Wing 031119b

File Description:
Created for Orbiter 031105... This is the fourth step in the Main project. * Y-wing "Star Wars" spacecraft beta version *

Filename:	pp_ywing_031119b.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	19th November 2003, 17:21:55
Downloads:	2,473
Author:	Pawel Palmowsky
Size:	2.72 MB

Category: Orbiter - Miscellaneous Files
New Drag-Chute Meshes For Space Shuttle Fleet 3.1

File Description:
This is an mesh upgrade for the drag-chute mesh used in Space Shuttle fleet 3.1. This upgrade contains meshes for both the deployed and fully inflated drag-chute aswell as an mesh for the jettisoned drag-chute. Some facts about the drag-chute: The orbiter drag chute was designed to assist in the deceleration system in safely stopping the orbiter on the runway after an mission or an abort. The drag-chute was first used on the orbiter Endeavour(OV-105) on STS-49. Subsequently the all of the other orbiter(Columbia, Discovery and Atlantis) was modified to be equipped with an drag-chute. The drag-chute is housed in an special compartment on the bottom of the vertical tail. REQUIRES SPACE SHUTTLE FLEET 3.1 ALREADY INSTALLED!

Filename:	new_shuttle_chute.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	13th December 2003, 01:40:07
Downloads:	1,134
Author:	David Sundstrom (Orbiter Fan)
Size:	187 KB

Category: Orbiter - Sound Packs
Space 1999 Radio Pack

File Description:
This Radio pack has 29 audio files from Space 1999. Includes alternate launch countdown file. Orbiter simulator and OrbiterSound 2.1a required.

Filename:	space1999_audio.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	1st August 2002, 11:36:38
Downloads:	1,385
Author:	Steve Pacitto
Size:	4.69 MB

Category: Orbiter - Spaceships
Proton 8K82K

File Description:
An uprated, three stage variant of the original Proton 8K82 with custom payload configuration. This addon compatible with Orbiter build 030303.

Filename:	proton8k82kv107_117337.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	10th May 2003, 19:32:10
Downloads:	904
Author:	Manuel Amorim, Richard Croy
Size:	272 KB

Category: Orbiter - Miscellaneous Files
Mars Softlanding Sites and Approach Paths V 1.02

File Description:
With this addon you can see where are located 6 softlanding sites on Mars. You can also get experience (feel taste) of Mars approach and Mars landing. Included scenarios brings you on approach path few hours before Mars landing (or swingby) of these spacecrafts: Nozomi orbiter, Mars Express orbiter, Beagle 2 lander, MER Spirit lander, MER Opportunity lander). For better experience some lander scenarios uses MER meshes from Ariane 5 MER addon. Other scenarios not requires any Orbiter addon installed, because they only uses DeltaGlider for simulation. You can also use other or future mesh models for simulation (if will be available).

Filename:	mars_softlanding_sites.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	13th January 2004, 15:37:49
Downloads:	1,096
Author:	Ales Holub
Size:	16 KB

Category: Orbiter - Spaceships
Pioneer 4 Add-on for Orbiter

File Description:
Pioneer 3 and 4 were early satellites designed to be lofted toward Earth's Moon. They were equipped with Geiger counters to measure radiation in space. Pioneer 3 was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on December 6, 1958. Because of a slight error in the satellite's velocity and angle after burnout of the Juno II rocket, it did not reach the Moon; instead it achieved a peak altitude of 102,320 kilometers (63,580 miles). The satellite did, however, discover a second radiation belt around Earth during its flight. Pioneer 3 reentered Earth's atmosphere over equatorial Africa a day after launch. Pioneer 4 was launched March 3, 1959, and successfully passed within 60,000 kilometers (37,300 miles) of the Moon the following day. The satellite was tracked for 82 hours to a distance of 655,000 kilometers (407,000 miles) from Earth, a record at that time. Pioneer 4 is now orbiting the Sun, the first U.S. spacecraft placed in solar orbit. The Orbiter version will do a little better than get you within 60,000 kilometers like the real one achieved. The flight profile included usually will get you to within 8,000 kilometers, and sometimes, depending on the mood of your copy of Orbiter, may even impact the moon! However since installations may vary, your distance to the moon on arrival, or even impacting the moon, is not guaranteed. Just like the real thing!

Filename:	pioneer4.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	19th October 2004, 19:59:22
Downloads:	682
Author:	Jim Williams
Size:	530 KB

Category: Orbiter - Spaceships
Vanguard 1 Add-on for Orbiter

File Description:
Originally a simple nose cone was to be carried aloft, but in July of 1957 it was decided that a small 1.47 kilogram (3.25 pound) test satellite would be used instead to exercise the tracking stations. This test satellite would consist of a simple 16 centimeter (6.4 inch) polished aluminum alloy sphere equipped with two transmitters operating at frequencies around 108 MHz, 6 small solar panels, and 6 dowel like antennas. The satellite was Vanguard I, in which its successes set the pattern for a multitude of other space ventures in this country and abroad. Vanguard also served as a springboard for scientists to launch several series of space probes to study various aspects of radiation phenomena. Vanguard I introduced much of the technology that has been applied in other U.S. satellite programs. For example, it proved that solar cells could be used for several years to power radio transmitters. Vanguard's solar cells operated for about seven years, while conventional batteries used to power another onboard transmitter lasted only 20 days. Now the oldest man-made satellite still in orbit to this day, Vanguard I has been 100 percent successful in meeting all its scientific objectives. Now you can fly this historical satellite in orbit. Unlike all the US Navy failed attempts, the Orbiter version will always get you there.

Filename:	vanguard1.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	27th September 2004, 16:23:56
Downloads:	506
Author:	Jim Williams
Size:	1.25 MB

Category: Orbiter - Spaceships
Explorer 1 Add-on for Orbiter

File Description:
Explorer 1 was the first satellite launched by the United States when it was sent into space on January 31, 1958. Following the launch of the Soviet Union's Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957, the U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency was directed to launch a satellite using its Jupiter C rocket developed under the direction of Dr. Wernher von Braun. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory received the assignment to design, build and operate the artificial satellite that would serve as the rocket's payload. JPL completed this job in less than three months. The primary science instrument on Explorer 1 was a cosmic ray detector designed to measure the radiation environment in Earth orbit. Once in space this experiment, provided by Dr. James Van Allen of the State University of Iowa, revealed a much lower cosmic ray count than expected. Van Allen theorized that the instrument may have been saturated by very strong radiation from a belt of charged particles trapped in space by Earth's magnetic field. The existence of these radiation belts was confirmed by another U.S. satellite launched two months later, and they became known as the Van Allen Belts in honor of their discoverer. Explorer 1 revolved around Earth in a looping orbit that took it as close as 354 kilometers (220 miles) to Earth and as far as 2,515 kilometers (1,563 miles). It made one orbit every 114.8 minutes, or a total of 12.54 orbits per day. The satellite itself was 203 centimeters (80 inches) long and 15.9 centimeters (6.25 inches) in diameter. Explorer 1 made its final transmission on May 23, 1958. It entered Earth's atmosphere and burned up on March 31, 1970, after more than 58,000 orbits. The satellite weighed 14 kilograms (30.8 pounds).

Filename:	explorer1.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	27th September 2004, 16:24:14
Downloads:	1,258
Author:	Jim Williams
Size:	565 KB

Category: Orbiter - Miscellaneous Files
Sun with Surface Textures for Orbiter

File Description:
The sun with visible textures when you get near it. It is also minus the lens glare, which really is not all that realistic when you view the Sun from space. Looks good from Venus and great from Mercury!

Filename:	sun.zip
License:	Freeware
Added:	20th November 2003, 23:47:44
Downloads:	981
Author:	Jim Williams
Size:	17 KB